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Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!"

From: "Tom Karches" <tkarches AT gmail.com>
To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!"
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 10:32:10 -0500

On 3/2/06, Ruth Suehle <wuzzled AT nc.rr.com> wrote:
> For you guys who were down on Durham tonight because of crime - WRAL must
> have overheard us. (And then gone back in time to post the story... Um,
> yeah. That's it.)
>
> http://www.wral.com/news/7620495/detail.html
>
> Durham Enjoying A Quiet 2006 Without A Single Reported Murder
>
> Raleigh, Greensboro, Fayetteville and Charlotte have reported a total of 18
> homicides in 2006, with Charlotte, the state's largest city, reporting 10.
>

What completely bogus analysis. How can you compare murder rate
statistics for a single city (Durham) to an aggregation of multiple
cities? This means nothing. How about comparing the murder rate in
Durham to the total number of people murdered in Peru in 2003?

What passes for news these days......I don't miss it.

--Tom

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Tom Karches
tkarches AT gmail.com

[internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Ruth Suehle, 03/02/2006
- Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Tom Karches, 03/03/2006
  - Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Tanner Lovelace, 03/03/2006
    - Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Lyman Green, 03/03/2006
      - Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Paul Jones, 03/03/2006
        
        Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Lyman Green, 03/03/2006
        
        Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Tanner Lovelace, 03/03/2006
    - Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Tom Karches, 03/03/2006
      - Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Paul Jones, 03/03/2006
- Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Scott Lundgren, 03/03/2006
  - Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", Greg Brown, 03/03/2006
- Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!", John Broome, 03/12/2006